Elliott Gue: How investors can play energy MLPs

From Hardassetsinvestor.com: Master limited partnerships (MLPs), or exchange-traded limited partnerships, are an income investor’s dream. Offering steady, high yields that average around 7-8 percent, these companies tend to operate in the most stable and reliable sectors of the energy industry, such as pipelines, which makes them relatively immune to oil shocks or other commodity price swings.